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Timothy D. Fox (Arkansas)
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Timothy Davis Fox is a judge for the Sixth Circuit of Arkansas. He was re-elected to the Sixth Circuit on May 20, 2014 for a term expiring in 2020.[1][2][3]
Elections
2014
See also: Arkansas judicial elections, 2014
Fox ran for re-election to the Sixth Circuit.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on November 4, 2014. Fox was challenged by Valerie Thompson Bailey, but a judge disqualified her candidacy.
Fox was challenged by Valerie Thompson Bailey, but a judge disqualified her candidacy.[2][4][3]
2010
Judge Fox ran for the seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court vacated by Justice Annabelle Clinton Imber in 2010.[5] He lost to Judge Karen Baker in the runoff election.[6]
Awards and associations
- 2009-2010: President of the William R. Overton American Inn of Court[7]
- Member, Arkansas Bar Association [8]
- Member, Pulaski County Bar Association [9]
- Fellow, Arkansas Bar Foundation[10]
- Member, Pulaski County Bar Foundation [9]
- Master of the Bench, William R. Overton American Inn of Court[7]
Noteworthy cases
Judge strikes down voter ID law
Judge Fox struck down Arkansas' voter ID law on April 24, 2014, saying that it added unconstitutional requirements to voters. The law, Act 595 of 2013, became effective on April 2, 2013. It required certain types of identification to vote. If a voter did not have the appropriate ID, they could cast provisional ballots, but would have to prove their identification to the county clerk's office within a certain grace period, called a "cure period."[11][12][13]
Judge Fox held that Act 595 of 2013 violated the Arkansas Constitution because, among other things, it "threatens voters with the potential for a referral of criminal charges if they attempt to vote and don't present "proof of identity," it "adds additional qualifications for qualified voters not stated in Article 3, Section 1 of the Arkansas Constitution," and it "unconstitutionally impairs the right of suffrage guaranteed in Article 3, Section of the Arkansas Constitution."[14]
On April 29, 2014, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued a temporary stay against Judge Fox's ruling.[15] In response, on May 2, 2014, Judge Fox stayed his ruling. He affirmed that the voter ID law was unconstitutional, but found that it was too late to prohibit elections officials from enforcing it in the May 20 primary.[16]
Publications
- Right Back "In Facie Curiae" – A Statistical Analysis of Appellate Affirmance Rates in Court Initiated Attorney-Contempt Proceedings, 38 U. Mem. L. Rev. 1 (Fall 2007)[17]
- In 2007, Judge Fox wrote and produced a multimedia presentation entitled “From Marbury to Cooper: Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law.” It addressed the 1957 Central High School crisis.[18][19]
See also
External links
- Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate information: 2014 preferential primary elections & non partisan general election," accessed April 2, 2014
- Tim Fox for Supreme Court
- Facebook, "Judge Tim Fox for Supreme Court"
- Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit courts," accessed April 12, 2014
- Progressive Arkansas, "Exclusive: Little Rock attorney files ethics complaint against Circuit Judge Tim Fox," March 7, 2011
- Arkansas News, "Judge strikes down part of state execution law," August 15, 2011
Footnotes
- ↑ Arkansas Judiciary, "Circuit Judge Information," accessed April 12, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "Candidate Information: Timothy Davis Fox," accessed April 2, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "2014 Arkansas Preferential Primary Elections and Nonpartisan Election," updated May 29, 2014
- ↑ Arkansas News, “Disqualification of judicial candidate puts other campaigns in question,” April 1, 2014
- ↑ KATV, "Circuit Judge Announces Supreme Court Candidacy," September 15, 2009 (dead link)
- ↑ Arkansas Democrat Gazette, "Supreme Court - Position 6," November 4, 2010
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Inns of Court, accessed April 12, 2014
- ↑ Arkansas Bar Association, accessed April 12, 2014
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Pulaski County Bar Association, accessed April 12, 2014
- ↑ Arkansas Bar Foundation, accessed April 12, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ Circuit Court of Pulaski County, "Pulaski County Election Commission v. Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners," April 24, 2014
- ↑ MSNBC, "Judge strikes down Arkansas voter ID law as unconstitutional," April 24, 2014
- ↑ The Republic, "Election board asks Arkansas Supreme Court for stay of ruling that threw out voter ID law," April 28, 2014
- ↑ The Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas 6th Judicial Circuit: Pulaski County Election Commission v. Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners and Doyle Webb, Case No. 60CV-14-1019, April 24, 2014
- ↑ The Republic.com, "Arkansas Supreme Court temporarily stays judge's decision striking down voter ID law," April 29, 2014
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Arkansas judge finds state Voter-ID Law Unconstitutional," May 2, 2014
- ↑ Right Back "In Facie Curiae," October 2007
- ↑ Cooper v. Aaron Wikipedia, "Cooper v. Aaron," accessed April 12, 2014
- ↑ Louisiana State Bar Association, "On the Road to Diversity," 2008 (dead link)
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Arkansas, Western District of Arkansas
State courts:
Arkansas Supreme Court • Arkansas Court of Appeals • Arkansas Circuit Courts • Arkansas District Courts • Arkansas City Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arkansas • Arkansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arkansas
